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Audio-only telehealth benefits patients in need, study finds

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As more data emerges about the use of telemedicine during the pandemic, stakeholders have highlighted its potential importance in addressing disparities in health outcomes. At the same time, elected officials and industry leaders have flagged the possibility that telehealth could potentially worsen inequity. ON THE RECORD.

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The Role of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) in Facilitating Seamless Data Sharing Among Healthcare Entities

Healthcare IT Today

The QHIN community is committed to helping all healthcare organizations achieve connectivity and advancing use cases such as Healthcare Operations, Public Health, and Individual Access Services. healthcare operations, public health, and others to follow) under the same common agreement and common set of standards at a national level.

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ATA: What's ahead for telehealth policy after the pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Now that President Joe Biden has declared the COVID-19 pandemic over, the ATA's Telehealth Awareness Week policy update webinar explored how federal and state telehealth policies may be affected as Congress decides whether or not to end the public health emergency (PHE). " ON THE RECORD.

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